Logging Equipment Operators

Logging Equipment Operators

Job Information

Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush.

Information

Workers spend all their time outdoors, sometimes in poor weather and often in isolated areas.

Most jobs are physically demanding and can be hazardous.

Employment is projected to grow 6 percent, which is slower than the average.

Despite slower than average employment growth, job opportunities should be good because of the need to replace workers who leave the occupation for other jobs that are less physically demanding, dangerous, and prone to layoffs.